“Just ’cause my lifespan’s long doesn’t mean I’m actually old, you know. You’re hilarious. It’s actually a secret, but it’s pretty funny so I’ll tell you. You’re actually a lot older than me — by now, I’d be six years old.”

“Six?!”

My shock was clear.

As though that was the response he had expected, Episode-san… no, Episode-kun wore a happy expression.

“It’s my birthday next month, so I’ll be seven then — my parent on my vampire side was a type of abnormality that matured really quickly, and I’ve got traces of that.”